Freedom of research in Italy - Request of support

In concert with professor Elena Cattaneo, Elisabetta Cerbai and Silvia Garagna, Luca Coscioni Association launched an appeal to raise funds aimed at covering part of the legal expenses of the three Italian scientists appealing against the Italian government’s decision to arbitrarily exclude human embryonic stem cells from an 8-million euro fund for stem-cell biology (read the chronology of the action). Since the beginning of the appeal (July 7) 7.974,79 euro (around 10.337 USD) have already been raised. The first tranche of legal expenses has been promptly refunded (see attachments).